I've found my Miltary trainer, a Haenel 33 Schmeisser patent repeater

[ptdunk]

I've been on the lookout for a nice example of a Miliary trainer since shooting my mates Haenel 49a a few months ago and really enjoying it.
Wanted something with a full Mauser style wood stock but couldn't workout which one would tick all the boxes.

Again Protek have come up trumps with a very nice Haenel 33 (adult full-size version) which has obviously had a lot of use but has been really well looked after (probably by lots of well disciplined if misguided little Germans)


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I replaced the little spring behind the trigger that pushes the sear up and filed out the correct notch on the magazine to fit these older pre-war Haenel bolt actions.
It shoots really nicely putting out a respectable 370fps with 7.4gr copper coated lead balls, and it is quite accurate at 10 yards and very accurate at 6.
The trigger is a nice light two stage jobbie.

Vic at Protek sent me some good pictures prior to purchase, and it arrived with a little sketch he'd done with dimensions he'd taken from his own original pre-war 33 magazine, this made converting the later 12 shot mag very easy. Buying it from their 'upcoming sales' section on their website meant I got it for a good price and did a little bit of work on it myself but it was very easy.

It's a pretty good representation of a K98, which is not surprising given Haenel's military weapons background. Nice to see 'Schmeisser's patent' stamped on the cylinder, same as the Junior. The barrel band castings are particularly nice details, as is the little dummy cleaning rod.

John M did some very interesting articles on the 33 Junior, finding evidence the H.J used it, I wonder who used the adult sized ones?

Not much online about these, generally mentioned alongside the 33 Junior, but I believe they might not be that common? Serial number is 11100 which is a bit lower than most I've found online but I don't know how this relates to date.

It's great fun to shoot, and possibly had the most 'interesting' life of any of my air rifles.

Cheers,
Matt

[45flint]

Very nice I must admit I would love to expand my military trainer collecting to one of these. I have seen them over here but usually really beat up or so nice the price becomes a bit much. Yours is the perfect condition, tells a story. Hugo is my Airgun hero.

[ptdunk]

Very nice I must admit I would love to expand my military trainer collecting to one of these. I have seen them over here but usually really beat up or so nice the price becomes a bit much. Yours is the perfect condition, tells a story. Hugo is my Airgun hero.

He certainly did a lot for early airgun design, a bit of a genius as you said.

My Haenel 28 is the perfect sidearm for this one....

Cheers,
Matt

[Jerry Cornelius]

Ah, I snoozed and lost on this one! Nice catch. I had a feeling that fettling a post war mag to fit would not be too hard. Do the pre war ones sit a little deeper?

[Shed tuner]

I love it, nice catch mate

[ptdunk]

Ah, I snoozed and lost on this one! Nice catch. I had a feeling that fettling a post war mag to fit would not be too hard. Do the pre war ones sit a little deeper?

Yes mate, the stock is a bit deeper than later 49a’s etc so the cutout for the catch is lower.
Need to get some 8 shot mags now as they sit flush with the stock and look better than the 12 shot one which sticks out a fair bit.

Cheers,
Matt

[ptdunk]

I love it, nice catch mate

Thanks Jon, I know your a fan of military trainers.
If this is the only one I get I won’t complain.


Cheers,
Matt

[Scott.]

What an amazing and very interesting rifle,
pardon my ignorance but where does the magazine fit as the pics don't seem to show a slot?

[Jerry Cornelius]

What an amazing and very interesting rifle,
pardon my ignorance but where does the magazine fit as the pics don't seem to show a slot?

Under the rear sight ( you can just make out the catch)

[johnbaz]

Looks!!

That's a beauty!

I have an Anschutz 275 that I thought about making extensions for the forend to give it a pseudo military look!!

John 👍

[ptdunk]

Looks!!

That's a beauty!

I have an Anschutz 275 that I thought about making extensions for the forend to give it a pseudo military look!!

John 👍

Someone makes upper wooden hand guards to fit on the Haenel 49a, looks quite good, although doesn’t extend the stock length.

On the bay as 114006568780

Might be converted Mauser hand guards, people sell job lots of those quite cheaply.

Bet it’s easy to adapt one for the 275, or make one from scratch.

Cheers,
Matt.

[johnbaz]

Someone makes upper wooden hand guards to fit on the Haenel 49a, looks quite good, although doesn’t extend the stock length.

On the bay as 114006568780

Might be converted Mauser hand guards, people sell job lots of those quite cheaply.

Bet it’s easy to adapt one for the 275, or make one from scratch.

Cheers,
Matt.

Those look the biz!!, I'd thought of making a similar thing but just longer so that the stock extends to the muzzle!


Cheers, John

[Scott.]

Under the rear sight ( you can just make out the catch)

Thanks Jerry much appreciated

[johnbaz]

What an amazing and very interesting rifle,
pardon my ignorance but where does the magazine fit as the pics don't seem to show a slot?

Here's a pic of the underside of the Annie..


This is a six shot mag, I barely put it in the receiver just for the pic..



John

[Scott.]

Here's a pic of the underside of the Annie..


This is a six shot mag, I barely put it in the receiver just for the pic..



John

Thanks John, it all makes sense now.. I could see the shape that Jerry mentioned above but now with a picture it all comes together.

Many thanks to you both for taking the time to educate me on this lovely old rifle.